The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-07-21


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He loses all his native politeness, should
he even have any. and instead - friends
who might aid him. viii make enemies
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pear different from other people be-
cause they are not treated Ike other
people.
The view, Of this Young attorney were
impaired % one of the class he spoke
about, a man Of great deliberation and
as stolid In look and manner as any
other man i'm the business. Some effort
was needed to get from him an express
sion of opinion. but once started he had
lots to say. Yes, sir he went on,
running an elevator does tend to make
a man hold his tongue. Medical men
know this well. I'll give you an in
stance. The man who runs the elevator
on the other side Of the street, the build
ing just across the way, is a barber by
trade. When he came to Chicago he
had no trouble getting first-class job.
He worked in a nice shop down town,
but in a few DAYS he was discharged.
He got work in another shop and was
discharged again. He was a country
barber, though a good one, but he was
an awful talker This habit he acquired
in the country, where he learned his
trade, and whenever he came to shave
a man he thought he'd have to say
something. In fact, he couldn't help
himself. That barber would talk about
the weather all day. twas all a habit,
but the customers didn't like it. They
complained to the boss, the boss would
demonstrate with the barber, but he
always forgot himself and kept on talk
ing, until at last he'd have to be dis
charged. After awhile he got to be so
we'll known that no barber would give
him steady work. They said to him:
You talk too much Talking TO Gus
toners has gone out OF fashion. Break
yourself of the habit He couldn't
He tried and tried; then a friend told
him TO 90 to a doctor.
The doctor told him what to do in
a minute. He said: Get a Job run
ming an elevator; that's the only thing
that viii cure you of talking And it
did. In two months that barber used
to work the elevator all day without
saying a word He never says any
thing now unless first spoken to. then
he answers as briefly as any man can"
From other sources it was learned
that many rare virtues are required of
the holder of this exacting position.
He must be sober, watchful, and Weld |
obedience to insu.uc- |
tions He must know the name of |
every tenant in the building. the floor !
his office is on and its number, the of |
flee hours of all. and. as very often they |
number two hundred and over, it re- |
quires a pretty good memory to keep |
track of every thing. Then, too. he is |
expected to tell whether Mr.. So-and- |
So came up on the elevator this |
or ''has he returned from |
lunch yet?' or. if tenant has |
his Office, to give his questioner
the address All these questions are |
put him hundreds of times during the |
day, and hundreds of more times he is |
kept busy answering the little register
bell in his cab. He must remember |
what office is wanted by those not ia
niliar with the building and not fail to |
stop the elevator for the ladies who !
want to get out at a certain floor and
who forget all about what they want.
once they commence talking with each
other. When that numerous person,
the professional funny man, can get no
one to listen to his stories it is the duty |
Of the elevator man to hear him meekly, |
hen trust to his intuition to laugh in
he right place. In his lexicon of daily
Use there is no such word as ''chest-
nuts. If there was he wouldn't use it.
It would tend only to foster argument,
and he leaves argument to others. The
silence that is golden is the elevator
mans. He may be taciturn but an
Inruly tongue never gets him into
rouble.- Chicago NemS,